Month: June 2023

A Walk Around The Railways

Posted on by Pat D

I took a little walk around the Gloucester Marine Railways on Rocky Neck recently. I was struck by the contrast between the repairs and fix-ups being done alongside the dismantling of the Phyllis A.

East Elementary School Fourth Grade “Battle of the Books”

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Sawyer Free Library was honored to participate in this fun event, promoting literacy and education within the community.

Fun was had by all fourth graders last week at East Gloucester Elementary School first ever “Battle of the Books,” a challenge where students read books and then came together to test their book knowledge in a game show-style competition. This fun literary competition was between three teams of East Elementary School fourth graders. 

With the students’ parents and families cheering them on, the fourth graders competed by answering questions about books on the “Battle of the Books” list. It was a competitive until the end, with the final score being: Team 1: 27 points, Team 2: 29 points and Team 3: 27 points.

Over the past four months, from April 3 through June 7, East Gloucester Elementary School fourth graders have been reading an assortment of children’s book titles…

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Life Goes On — pat morss

Posted on by patmorss

Here’s an assortment of wildlife doing its thing.

There are lots of Cedar Waxwings this year.
And no shortage of Bunnies.
Our House Finch couple has eggs in its 2nd nest in the hanging Geranium.
The Turkey poults (chicks) by the driveway are cute at this young age.
But we still freak out Mom.
Deer are playing tag in the Audubon Sanctuary.
A Snowy Egret looks for fish in the Audubon marsh grass.
Canada Geese are rearing their young, across the road inside the breakwater.
Starlings discuss whether living on the ocean is all it’s cracked up to be.
There’s always one inquisitive duckling at Mallard nap time.
A Black-crowned Night Heron launches across Niles Pond with landing gear up.
Overhead the smaller birds (here, a Crow) are harassing the larger (Red-tailed Hawk).

Common eiders with downy ducklings…

Posted on by Catherine

molting, preening, feeding, rafting and resting in coves off Gloucester and Rockport.

Common eiders cluster in the coves during breeding season. They can’t fly when they’re molting and raft off loudly and orderly when disturbed by small boats, people on shore, and gulls. When adults scaled the rocks, the elements were handy. Waves tossed the ducklings atop a veritable shag carpet of seaweed which looks especially thick this season.

photos: Common Eider breeding season 2023 in Gloucester and Rockport coves off Long Beach. Distant snapshots through binoculars.

Breeding season for barn swallows and tree swallows, too–incubating now. Tree swallow photo bomb in one of the video snippets below. (Adult swallows take breaks from incubating to eat. Common eider females incubate solo and do not eat until after hatching.)

Blue awnings at the Manchester Bath and Tennis Club

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

I love to take a walk around 5:00 pm on Magnolia Beach.  The clouds have been pretty even though not much of beach weather this week.  It looked like the geese were having a convention.

Fathers Day at the Castle Sunday Jun 18! Breakfast for Dad from 8am-11am OR come later in the day for the BBQ Buffet at the Castle from 11am-4pm!

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Fathers Day at the Castle Sunday Jun 18! Breakfast for Dad from 8am-11am OR come later in the day for the BBQ Buffet at the Castle from 11am-4pm! Buffet menu highlights include Slow Roasted BBQ Brisket and Maple BBQ Steak Tips, all prepared from Chef Dan Lavalla! Call 978-515-7386 to make your reservation

Who is running the Cape Ann YMCA St. Peter’s Fiesta 5K? Register Here-

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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Link for info and to register: https://raceroster.com/events/2023/66710/st-peters-fiesta-5k-road-race

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GloucesterCast 661 livestream 6/11/23 Link to Join Here-www.facebook.com/goodmorninggloucester

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International Dory Elimination Races Held Yesterday

Posted on by Pat D

The International Dory Elimination Races were held off the Maritime Gloucester dock at Harbor Loop yesterday, June 10 2023. It was my first time at this event but it will not be my last! Four races were held to determine participation in the July 8 event. Congratulations to all the participants and good luck to Junior Rowers AJ Lewis and Kadin Lewis; Women Rowers Ashley Smith and Rachel Cecilio; Over 50 Rowers Erik Dembrowski and Joe Sanfilippo; and Open Rowers Sam Taormina and Peter Taormina (boy I hope I got the names right! Please correct as needed) . Here’s a photo dump for your viewing pleasure. Special thanks and shout out to Sara Gray who helped inform and explain the races to this newbie.

Father’s Day- New 2 Dimensional Rubberized Logo Trucker Caps Are In! Also Have About 10 Crew Neck 50SPF Gloucester Fishing Quick Dry Shirts Available at https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Link to order here- https://gloucesterapparel.square.site/

If you select local delivery and live locally I’ll promise to get them out to you within the next couple days and anything needing to be shipped will be shipped Monday!

Lone white sail

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Cloudy weather does not divert from the beauty of mother nature.  Love the lone sail with Boston in the background.  Also, if you look closely, you can see a plane taking off and an egret.